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Summary of Contents for PHONORAMA

Page 1: ...USB Phono Preamp for professional vinyl tape transfers User s Guide ...

Page 2: ...ESI Copyright 2011 Revision 1 October 2011 www esi audio com ...

Page 3: ... 3 2 Windows Vista 7 7 3 3 Mac OS X 8 4 PHONORAMA Control Panel 8 5 Audio Applications 9 5 1 Windows Multimedia setup 10 5 2 Latency setting and ASIO applications under Windows 10 6 BIAS SoundSaver Express 10 6 1 Installation under Windows 10 6 2 Installation under Mac OS X 12 6 3 Authorization 13 6 4 Audio Setup 15 7 Technical Specifications 15 8 General Information 16 ...

Page 4: ...xport them as MP3 Archiving your LPs and tapes has never been easier This package delivers pro quality results at an affordable price PHONORAMA easily connects to your tape deck or CD player Line In and to your turntable with either moving coil MC or moving magnet MM systems It also easily connects to any modern PC or Mac computer system 2 Description of PHONORAMA 2 1 Front Panel The front panel o...

Page 5: ...B available disk space hard drive with 8ms or faster access time 10MB minute available disk space for recordings QuickTime 7 or greater Mac G5 oder Intel Mac mind 1 GHz Prozessor empfohlen Mac OS X 10 5 oder neuer 25 MB available disk space hard drive with 8ms or faster access time 10MB minute available disk space for recordings QuickTime 7 or greater 3 Installation Before installing the drivers o...

Page 6: ...Logo testing Please be assured that our drivers have been tested in various different ways and are OK to be used Confirm any such dialog with Continue Anyway You will now be prompted to connect the hardware on the next dialog that is shown below on the left Plug in PHONORAMA Do not click Next yet During the driver installation Windows might again prompt you to confirm the Windows Logo testing dial...

Page 7: ...n CD or from a download of a recent driver from our website When launching the installation Windows Vista 7 might prompt a security message Make sure to allow the installation You will then see a dialog as shown on the left picture below Click Next You can define the target directory for the installation now Confirm it with Next The installer now informs you that the driver installation will start...

Page 8: ...o devices such as PHONORAMA This means that no software or driver needs to be installed to use PHONORAMA under Mac OS X Simply connect the unit with the supplied USB cable to your Mac and you can start using it To make the usage more simple we provide a control panel application that can be installed from the included CD Mac OS X folder or downloaded on our website To install it open the dmg file ...

Page 9: ...cted a turn table with a moving magnet system can be used OUTPUT section this section controls the playback volume of the playback signal from your audio applications The pair of mono faders can be controlled together or individually depending on your mouse position perfect for stereo signals The Mute button at the bottom allows you to mute playback A red Mute button indicates that the mute functi...

Page 10: ... an important fine tuning setting that allows you to tweak system performance Depending on your computer hardware you might need to adjust this setting if you have problems with noise or drop outs during playback or recording Typically on a modern computer system a value of 4 or slightly more or less is perfect but you might need to check what is best for your computer as every PC is different Not...

Page 11: ...Saver Express completely or in portions only We recommend to select Complete and then proceed with clicking Next The next dialog asks you to proceed with the installation process by clicking Install Now the files will be copied to your system which may take a while and the finished installation will be confirmed with the final dialog that you can close by clicking Finish ...

Page 12: ... file BIAS SoundSaver Express dmg in the SoundSaver Express folder of the included CD Then launch the contained installer by double clicking on it Then follow the instructions on screen The first two dialogs should each be confirmed with Continue In the dialog that appears now choose Continue again so that you can confirm the license agreement with Agree and proceed with the installation on your s...

Page 13: ...Now the installation is completed and you can launch SoundSaver Express via its icon in the Applications folder of your system 6 3 Authorization The activation authorization process for SoundSaver Express is identical under Mac OS X and Windows When you launch it for the first time the following message appears Once you click Authorize the BIAS Authorization Manager will be opened showing a list o...

Page 14: ...g message After clicking OK you can close the BIAS Authorization Manager with Done and then start using SoundSaver Express together with PHONORAMA on your system If you intend to stop using SoundSaver Express on your system for a longer time then it is recommended to de authorize the software with the BIAS Authorization Manager This makes it possible to use SoundSaver Express with the same serial ...

Page 15: ...ch other 7 Technical Specifications LINE IN Type RCA Max Input Level 8dBu max THD N 0 0025 A weighted Impedance 10K ohm MM Type RCA Gain 40dB THD 0 03 Impedance 47K ohm 200pF MC Type RCA Gain 60dB THD 0 08 Impedance 47K ohm 200pF ANALOG OUTPUT Type Stereo TRS jack 1 4 x 2 Max Output Level 8dBu THD N 0 0022 A weighted Headphone Output Output Power Impedance 100mW Max 32ohm 32 600ohm CONVERSION A D ...

Page 16: ...ith the limits for a Class A digital device pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference when the equipment is operated in a commercial environment This equipment generates uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and if not installed and used in accordance with the instruction manual may cause harmful interference ...

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